Objectors raise concerns to unnecessary degrading development by our ‘public garden’ which is used for the purposes of public recreation, our public open riverside space.

PLANS to concrete over land by the River Thames were turned down by the planning committee on Monday evening. Five members voted against and four in favour.

The extraordinary meeting was held at Wokingham Borough Council’s Shute End offices on Monday evening and the decision was made just weeks after Reading Borough Council approved plans for its side of the scheme…

The purpose with this Representation/Objection is via policy innovation and risk/protection impact evaluation, to improve Reading’s local urban development practices and planning, to support the British realm and ambitions to become a great global leader in the fight against global warming. #UK

Global and regional levels
28. To achieve this, it is important:
(a) To guide action at the regional level through agreed regional and sub-regional strategies and mechanisms for cooperation for disaster risk reduction, as appropriate, in the light of the present Framework, in order to foster more efficient planning, create common information systems and exchange good practices and programmes for cooperation and capacity development, in particular to address common and trans-boundary disaster risks;

Are disaster management services the main duty-bearers to roll out DRR?

Break down legal fragment between DRR, Climate adaptation, the Tree proposal, Sendai framework, the SDGs, also between nuclear regulations.

Land use and forestry proposal for 2021-2030 – Forest laws to reduce deforestation.

National framework regulations needed now in;

Land use and urban planning

Building codes – Retrofits of existing buildings, Exemplary new buildings and Efficient equipment

Environment and resource management

Safety standards

Connect DRR and climate change, after New Zeeland 2010 Building code demolish or rescue.

2011 International convention from prevention of pollution from ships.

Mexico mainstreamed DRR law in all sectors. France mayor sent to prison for ignoring DDR laws.

Civil protection law = Disaster management (law to much focus on response)

Sectoral laws like Climate change adoption laws and development approvals important in rural and sub-urban areas. Linkage between environment laws and climate change laws.

PREVENTION at activities and measures to avoid existing and new disaster risks.

MITIGATION de-licensing or minimizing of impact of hazardous events.

PREPARDENESS capacity developed by governments responds and recover organisation, community or individuals to effectively anticipate respond to and recover from the impact of likely or imminent or current disasters.

Commentary

Early Warning Systems

SARC-agreement

The obligation of recording casualties is not an instrument of to reflect disaster victims

Urban Disaster Law

Duty is a conduct and not a result, to shall reduce risk of disaster and harm precaused thereby.

The U.?N. Human Rights Council adopted the resolution, which was submitted by the Brazilian and Ecuadorian governments, last month at its headquarters in Geneva. Diplomats say the document could now lay the groundwork for more cities-focused work by the council –>

CCCRdg know “#drr and sustainable urban opportunities”, it is within our expertise area, we find it is important, it is our duty and responsibility to publish our paper abstract to the public. To establish a local private sector law case, providing collaborative commitment to “DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PLAN IN RDG COUNCIL LEGISLATION”

#switch2sendai #MEXICOGP2017 #Localisation #CitiinCiti #Citi2Citi

Also an emergency adaptation DRR – Disaster Risk Reduction and restoration plan for every city needs to be implemented in local legislation #UCEEP – All cities need to draft Urban Climatic Emergency Evacuation Plan (#UCEEP) by 2020.

Walker INSTITUTE and University of Reading DRR AND INTERNATIONAL LAW SYMPOSIUM cannot excel cities impact on DRR law without connecting it to the agreed outcome of the Habitat III:s conference on urban settlements, the agreed New Urban Agenda in relation to the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goal 11 and Goal 13.

“Regrettable your paper; “Aiming for cities ambitious task to take on and implement the Sendai framework on DRR in the New Urban Agenda”(Making a link to the following theme; (2) how DRR related law and policy will/should develop within specific fields of city law), (participation of governmental, intergovernmental, private, NGO/civil society, academic, and media sectors)

has been rejected.

Best wishes”

The preparatory committee DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND INTERNATIONAL LAW SYMPOSIUM
29 June-1 July 2017, University of Reading, UK

BACKGROUND

SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW Please join us at the University of Reading between 29 June and 1 July 2017 for the Disaster Risk Reduction and International Law Symposium organised by the Reading School of Law and the multidisciplinary Walker Institute, co-sponsored by the American Society of International Law (Disaster Law Interest Group). Framed around the principles and objectives underpinning the Sendai Framework on DRR 2015-30, and cognisant of the relevance of other global initiatives including the Sustainable Development Goals 2015 and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, this will be a unique opportunity to discuss, debate, inform and progress the development of law, policy and practice governing DRR and disasters at the national, regional and international levels.

CALL FOR PAPERS Papers are invited which examine one or more of the following research questions, and should be framed around key principles and objectives of the Sendai Framework on DRR:

(1) What ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ law DRR related norms currently exist within international law, whether more generally or within specific legal regimes?

(2) How will/should DRR related law and policy develop within specific fields of law?

(3) What are the current and potential law, policy and/or practice implications of findings in (1) and/or (2), especially in relation to improving the coherence of DRR law at national/regional/ global levels, and associated implementation and enforcement mechanisms? Adopted approaches should include: (a) regional or country-specific case studies; (b) theoretical/ conceptual frameworks; and/or (c) examples of state/non?state actor practice.

Sister March for jobs, justice and the climate **Save the Date 30 April, Sunday**

We warmly welcome you to participate in the Reading People’s March for jobs, justice and the climate on Saturday 30th April.

Climate change. WE #RESIST. WE #BUILD. WE #RISE.

We are a group of extraordinary and ordinary people who believe that now is the time to #ActOnClimate Change. We want to encourage leaders throughout the world at #COP23 arranged by Fiji in Bonn to go beyond binding decisions on Climate Change.

What will happen at the event?

We will march on Sunday 30th to show support for the People’s Climate Movement and for the international summit in Bonn 6-17 November 2017. We want to encourage ambitious action on CLIMATE CHANGE to avert a global crisis. We want Reading to be part of a giant global movement for change. We want a more just, more equitable and healthier world for us all.

We will walk through Reading town centre with a stop outside the Civic Centre. The walk starts at 12pm at Redlands Road (The Museum of English Rural Life) and the route includes six stop offs, one at the Civic Centre, before finishing up outside Reading Town Hall.

From the Town Hall we walk towards Forbury Gardens for a well-deserved honourable www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk -picnic on the grass. There will be a climate stall will with information as part of the climate rally.

By marching we will attract media attention hours before Trump’s 100th day in office, giving the event special importance. WE NEED local and global leaders to know that WE INSIST they should take ambitious action on CLIMATE CHANGE to avert a global crisis.

In #Togethernessship, we are more powerful than anyone possibly imagine. Whatever happens in the US, WE CAN, and WE WILL, build the future from here, resilient, fairer and more humane. As well, an emergency adaptation #DRR – Disaster, Risk, Reduction and restoration plan for every city essential to be implemented in local legislation #UCEEP

READING BOROUGH COUNCIL NEED TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY CONCERNING THE PRISON MATTER ETC. LACK OF IMAGINATION AND INNOVATION REGARDING READING PRISON HAS LEAD TO THE PRESENT SITUATION.

DID YOU KNOW THAT RBC DON’T COVER CLIMATE CHANGE IN THEIR OWN COUNCIL FRAMEWORK? = THERE IS NO CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE, CONGESTION EVERYWHERE, THE LOCK-GRID ONE-WAY SYSTEM. PARK AND RIDE! BUSINESS AS USUAL AND OVER CONSUMPTION WITH NO REGARDS FOR THE FUTURE. CONSUMPTION. WHERE DO WE SEE THE GREEN/SUSTAINABLE LIVING CAMPAIGNS (ZERO EMISSIONS) IN READING!! DIVESTMENT? A COMPREHENSIVE CYCLE NETWORK?? THE DELAYED ELECTRIFICATION OF READING RAILWAYS! IS THIS ACCEPTABLE!!

ALL LIGHTING OF STREETS, ROADS AND OTHER OUTDOOR PUBLIC PLACES SHOULD BE OF A “WARM WHITE” SPECIFICATION, AND IDEALLY HAVE A CCT (CORRELATED COLOUR TEMPERATURE) OF 2700K.

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT INCLUSIVE AND IS NOT ACCESSIBLE. THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE. THEREFORE,
TODAY WE ARE FORMING A “HUMAN COMPASS” TO BALANCE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS A SHADOW GOVERNANCE COUNTERWEIGHT.

READING PRISON IS PART OF OUR HERITAGE AND SHOULD BE VALUED AS SUCH.
WE WORK IN TOGETHERNESSSHIP TO FIND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS: FUNDING IS NOT AN ISSUE SO WHAT IS WRONG, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?

READING IS AT TIPPING POINT BY NOT BEING ON-BOARD THE GLOBAL AGENDA! IN THE NEW SOCIETY, WE MAKE INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE DECISIONS TOGETHER – “EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED”

THE LEADERSHIP AND MUCH MORE MUST CHANGE IN 2017, I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL COMMUNITIES, THE TIME FOR CHANGE HAS COME: WE PROPOSE A “LOCAL RESIDENT GOVERNMENT” IN “THE PRISM” (GRADE II LISTED VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE BUILDING WITH ITS RADIAL COMPASS DESIGN, YES E/W N/S) WE MUST TRY TO “SAVE HISTORIC READING PRISON FROM BEING SOLD FOR HOUSING” WHEN RBC ONCE AGAIN HAS IGNORED THE COMMON INTEREST.

RBC, LISTEN TO HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS WHO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND GENUINE MOTIVATION. RELATE TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OR THERE WILL ALWAYS BE DIFFICULTIES OVER SOLUTIONS – “NOTHING EXISTS IN ISOLATION”

ANYONE OR ANY COMMUNITY GROUP CAN TO THE READING COUNCIL SUBMIT THEIR OWN SOLUTIONS ON HOW TO “SAVE HISTORIC READING PRISON FROM BEING SOLD FOR HOUSING” ALSO HOW TO MAKE BEST USE OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY FACILITY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

DISCLOSURE REPORT

“THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE CANNOT SIMPLY BE A ‘TOP-DOWN’ STRATEGY – CLIMATE CHANGE SHOULD ALSO BE TACKLED USING A BOTTOM-UP APPROACH. IT IS THEREFORE ON US – THE STATES AND REGIONS AROUND THE WORLD – TO INCORPORATE CLIMATE ACTION IN ALL ASPECTS OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE. IN NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, WE REACHED A MAJOR MILESTONE BY PASSING OUR FIRST CLIMATE PROTECTION PLAN IN 2015 WITH 220 MEASURES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION. THE CLIMATE GROUP’S STATES & REGIONS ALLIANCE PROVIDES US WITH A PLATFORM THAT ON THE ONE HAND, MAKES REGIONAL CLIMATE ACHIEVEMENTS AND KNOW-HOW AVAILABLE TO OTHER REGIONS WORLDWIDE AND ON THE OTHER HAND, GIVES THE REGIONS A STRONG VOICE ON A GLOBAL PLATFORM. THE COMPACT OF STATES AND REGIONS IS A POWERFUL INITIATIVE THAT ILLUSTRATES TRANSPARENTLY HOW MUCH REGIONS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCING EMISSIONS.”

OPEN LETTER: My public reply to a local Lead Councillor’s response on our concern (RE:RE: ltr-carl emerson-dam – reading climate change strategy) – December 7, 2016

Dear Responders,

From our Lead Councillor’s response to our concern I feel uncomfortable with Reading Borough Council’s strategy on Climate Change. It is a thin response and requires anyone with climate competence to step up and deliver a proper and adequate response to why the two reports below from Strategic Environment, Planning & Transport Committee 23-NOV-2016 are not effectively engaging with current risks and are simply disengaged from their core task? Especially with regards to all committee meetings since 4th November!

NB: The Paris Agreement was formalised on the 18th December 2015.
It has entered force on the 4th November 2016 and is now bound into Law of Treaty. The UK government ratified the agreement on the 18th November 2016.

A report on progress made towards the targets in Reading’s Climate Change Strategy 2013-2020, which sets out a vision for Reading to be at the forefront of developing solutions to climate change and for low carbon living to be the norm.

Urbanisation and industrialisation has gradually led people away from living in natural environment depriving them of the health benefits of nature such as natural light, green views, local biodiversity, and natural landscapes.

Anyone can, contribute to a sustainable and resilient city structure as long they stay within to the city’s territorial boundaries and do not trespass it’s surrounding greenbelt. If new land is taken for development the case is lost.

The magic “Glocal” urban safe formula has formed from the perspective less is more, such as “back to the basics concept” or just “keep it simple”;

A healthy environment is based on healthy (100% clean) quality levels in soil, water and air, this is ecology.

A healthy social environment (society) is based on fundamental humane values (all living beings included) wholesome eating, living and interaction.

There are about 1000 #urban videos circulating the webThe following eight videos will explain most of it, what you are missing you can Google.

This three minute video explains all you need to know about the 2015 Paris Agreement and how it will help to address climate change and promote the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The Paris Agreement entered into force on 4 November 2016, creating binding commitments. The video highlights the need for further ambition by governments and businesses.Track 0 is releasing an animated video - The #ParisAgreement in a Nutshell - Inspiring decisive action on climate change, to get on track for a zero emissions future compatible with the Paris Agreement and 1.5°C limit

Over a hundred advanced Conventions, Treaties, Agreements and Frameworks have been globally agreed and put in place during 2016. We decided to take a look at a handful of simpler declarations, of thousands of papers, policies, guidelines and text documents.

In writing Climate Change Centre Reading (CCCRdg) has added 7 current general Declarations on sustainability and protection, women leaders and the global transformation, to deeply consider for local government implementation;

How can resilient cities buy us time to secure and safeguard our habitats against coming superstorms?

Based on the fact that everything is connected, how do we know which pathways to follow?

The way forward is lasting habitats CO2lutions* enhancing Garden or Wildlife Cities, car free with underground density functions where all of us take on a purpose driven keepers role. These spatial urban aerial habitats are disaster response ready of course.

* We also need to undertake a work programme under the CP21/New Urban Agenda framework for SDG11 + SDG5 approaches to sustainable safe development with the objective of considering how to enhance linkages and create synergy between, inter alia, mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology transfer and capacity-building, and how to facilitate the implementation and coordination of SDG11 + SDG5 approaches.